x

75% of people globally want unbiased news (Pew Research) but are concerned they're not getting that.

Get balanced coverage with Symby. See how stories are covered across diverse outlets and spot when one side covers a story the other skips.

PODCAST

Feed The Ball

In the Feed the Ball podcast, Golf Digest architecture editor Derek Duncan discusses golf course design, architecture, aesthetics and other topics with golf course architects and other luminaries of the game.

sports golf

All Episodes

1:45:13

Episode 54: Frank Pont

Feed The Ball ·

2019/08/05

Dutch architect Frank Pont made a dramatic jump from the diverse worlds of engineering, corporate banking and mergers into golf course design in the mid-2000s. Since that time he’s become one of Europe’s most active and respected practitioners in historical restoration and remodeling. Through his work at some of the most prominent old courses on… Read More Read More The post Episode 54: Frank Pont appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:39:21

Episode 53: Eric Iverson

Feed The Ball ·

2019/07/22

Eric Iverson has worked with Tom Doak at Renaissance Golf Design since 2001. He’s widely viewed by his peers as one of the business’s most skilled and creative shapers and construction specialists. He helped craft such instant classics like Ballyneal, Cape Kidnappers, Barnbougle Dunes and Streamsong Blue. He also ran the Stone Eagle, Rock Creek… Read More Read More The post Episode 53: Eric Iverson appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:57:57

Episode 52: Trevor Dormer

Feed The Ball ·

2019/07/03

Canadian Trevor Dormer has been in the golf construction business since the early 2000’s and has become a prominent member of the industry’s talented “under-40” (for now) group of construction specialists and shapers. He’s worked around the globe with, among others, Nicklaus Design, Rod Whitman, Ron Prichard, Bill Coore, and Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner.… Read More Read More The post Episode 52: Trevor Dormer appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:28:31

Episode 51: Bruce Charlton

Feed The Ball ·

2019/06/21

Bruce Charlton joined Robert Trent Jones II in 1981 and the two have been building courses across the globe for nearly 40 years. The firm has earned considerable acclaim for their entire body of work, but their undisputed masterpiece is Chambers Bay near Seattle, site of the 2015 U.S. Open (won by Jordan Speith). Built… Read More Read More The post Episode 51: Bruce Charlton appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

57:36

Episode 50: Dave Axland and Rod Whitman

Feed The Ball ·

2019/05/24

Dave Axland and Rod Whitman, two of modern golf’s most skilled and admired construction men, met in the 1980s through Bill Coore. Axland has been an associate and project manager for numerous Coore-Crenshaw courses since the mid-1990s including Sand Hills, Talking Stick, Friars Head, Old Sandwich, Chechessee Creek plus numerous others, and has designed Wild… Read More Read More The post Episode 50: Dave Axland and Rod Whitman appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:16:28

Episode 49: Rees Jones

Feed The Ball ·

2019/05/01

Rees Jones has spent nearly 35 years preparing, modifying and remodeling golf courses for major championship events. In addition to the 100 original courses and dozens of renovations he’s orchestrated, he’s infused his vision into such venerable American tournament courses as Pinehurst No. 2, Oakland Hills, Medinah No. 3 and The Country Club for the… Read More Read More The post Episode 49: Rees Jones appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

2:02:18

Episode 48: Kye Goalby

Feed The Ball ·

2019/04/18

Kye Goalby, one of the most accomplished design and shaping specialists in the construction business, is at the top of the call list of just about every A-list golf architect when exceptional feature work is needed. For the last 20 years he’s worked on some of the world’s most unique projects alongside Gil Hanse, Brian… Read More Read More The post Episode 48: Kye Goalby appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:37:31

Episode 47: David Marcucilli

Feed The Ball ·

2019/04/05

David Marcucilli’s first passion is his hometown of Newtown, CT, where he’s attempting to orchestrate the funding and design of a new all-season public green space that will include his conception of innovative, non-traditional golf. He hopes it will become a place of sociability, togetherness and pride for a town that is still suffering from… Read More Read More The post Episode 47: David Marcucilli appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

2:04:08

Episode 46: Matt Dusenberry

Feed The Ball ·

2019/03/20

Matt Dusenberry opened his own design firm in 2013 after years of building courses all over the world at Greg Norman Golf Course Design. He’s demonstrated incredible range in renovation work ranging from the flat Florida coast at Sandhill Crane in Hobe Sound to the magnificent mountain setting of the Cornerstone Club in Colorado. Particularly… Read More Read More The post Episode 46: Matt Dusenberry appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:59:44

Episode 45: Keith Cutten 2

Feed The Ball ·

2019/03/05

Canadian designer, author, artist and historian Keith Cutten returns (Episode 15) to discuss his new book, “The Evolution of Golf Course Design.” The book traces how golf course architecture has morphed and changed through time, and, more importantly, examines the underlying societal and economic forces that continually shape the way golf has historically been created.… Read More Read More The post Episode 45: Keith Cutten 2 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

2:07:27

Episode 44: Jim Wagner

Feed The Ball ·

2019/02/18

Jim Wagner and Gil Hanse have been design partners for over 20 years. Though Hanse’s name is on their courses, Wagner has been equally influential in their concepts and outcomes while overseeing a dedicated group of shapers and designers known as the Cavemen. In the last 10 years the two men have taken their small… Read More Read More The post Episode 44: Jim Wagner appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

2:10:32

Episode 43: Brian Silva

Feed The Ball ·

2019/02/07

Brian Silva began working for iconic New England architect Geoffrey Cornish in 1983, building golf courses in the traditional way of the day. After a revelation concerning the essence of strategic golf he transitioned into golf course restoration, becoming one of the business’s most respected talents at renovating historic Golden Age-era courses. His particular passion… Read More Read More The post Episode 43: Brian Silva appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:47:46

Episode 42: Jay Blasi

Feed The Ball ·

2019/01/29

Jay Blasi founded his own design company in 2012 after working for Robert Trent Jones II for over a decade. He gained notoriety as the lead associate on two high profile Jones courses: The Patriot Golf Club in Oklahoma, and Washington State’s Chambers Bay, host of the 2015 U.S. Open, where Blasi was instrumental in… Read More Read More The post Episode 42: Jay Blasi appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

2:15:16

Episode 41: Mike Clayton

Feed The Ball ·

2019/01/18

Mike Clayton is a throwback to a bygone tradition of golf figures such as Willie Park, Jr., Walter Travis and Max Behr, top players who later became both architects and men of letters. Clayton won the Australian Amateur in 1978 and played the European Tour from 1982 until 2000. He’s written extensively for golf publications… Read More Read More The post Episode 41: Mike Clayton appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:35:29

Episode 40: David McLay Kidd

Feed The Ball ·

2019/01/01

Not since Hugh Wilson at Merion has an architectural career been launched as brightly as David McLay Kidd’s. As a young designer in his 20’s, Kidd was tabbed by Mike Keiser to build the first course at Bandon Dunes. Kidd followed that spectacular success with a series of prestigious designs across several continents, becoming arguably… Read More Read More The post Episode 40: David McLay Kidd appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:42:20

Episode 39: Best of 2018

Feed The Ball ·

2018/12/23

A rundown of the best moments and most significant exchanges during the first full season of the Feed the Ball podcast. Highlights include thoughts on the current and future state of golf course architecture from Golf Digest architectural editor Ron Whitten, Golf Advisor’s Brad Klein and architect Ian Andrew; thoughts on Tiger Woods as designer… Read More Read More The post Episode 39: Best of 2018 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:56:27

Episode 38: Bruce Hepner

Feed The Ball ·

2018/12/17

Bruce Hepner began his architectural career in 1990 as an associate for Ron Forse, with whom he became one of the early advocates and influencers of historic golf course restoration. He returned home to Michigan in 1993 to work for Tom Doak, first as a shaper and later as a designer at modern masterpieces like Pacific… Read More Read More The post Episode 38: Bruce Hepner appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:58:18

Episode 37: Brian Curley

Feed The Ball ·

2018/12/03

Brian Curley began his golf course architecture career working on a number of Pete Dye courses for Landmark Land Company. There he met another Dye protégé, Lee Schmidt, and the two combined forces to form the company Schmidt-Curley Golf Design. Since the 1990’s they’ve built courses all over the U.S. and throughout the world, and for… Read More Read More The post Episode 37: Brian Curley appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:42:38

Episode 36: Peter Kessler 3

Feed The Ball ·

2018/11/12

Peter Kessler — the Voice of Golf, historian and one of the most outspoken commentators in the game — returns to the podcast to talk to Derek about his recent social media dustups with Brandel Chamblee and the fans of No Laying Up, about being provocative on Twitter, the skills required to be great on… Read More Read More The post Episode 36: Peter Kessler 3 appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

1:53:35

Episode 35: P.B. Dye

Feed The Ball ·

2018/11/01

P.B. Dye began working on his father Pete Dye’s construction sites when he was a boy. Along with his brother, Perry, he’s had the closest and longest view of how Dye conceived of and built golf courses and was a primary assistant during several of his father’s touchstone courses, including Long Cove on Hilton Head… Read More Read More The post Episode 35: P.B. Dye appeared first on Feed The Ball.

en-US

134 results

Similar Podcasts

Keeping Karlsson Fantasy Hockey Podcast

Elan Dubrofsky and Brian Kom

Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

Ship It Nation

Fantasy Football Today

CBS Sports, Fantasy Football, FFT, NFL,...

Bring The Pain

Heat00veride

ESPN SportsCenter Update

ESPN